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Patented Apr. 15, 1941 BOX Lewis Douglas Young, Providence, R. I.,assignor to Douglas Young, 1110., a corporation of Rhode IslandApplication June 25, 1937, Serial No. 150,216

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a box, more particularly the cover of a box;and has for its object to provide a transparent cover for a display boxenabling the merchandise in the box to be viewed without opening thesame, thus providing a display of the merchandise without exposing themerchandise to the entrance of foreign matter.

Another object of the invention is the securing of the transparentmaterial in such a way as tosecurely and simply hold its corners in aneffective manner which has proven to be of difficulty in the art.

Another object of the invention is to stiffen the edge portion of thecover so as to facilitate its use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cover which will be ofattractive and neat appearance which will add to the appearance of anybox upon which the same may be assembled.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the top of the box;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body portion of the box upon whichthe cover is to be placed;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on substantially line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmental portion of a section of the box;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the transparent portion of one form ofcover;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a stiffening strip for the cover;

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a fragmental portion of the bindermember for securing the stiffening strip and walls of the box together;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of this binder member folded into workingposition;

Fig. 9 is a modified view showing a different form of stiffening memberand consisting only of a binder strip on the outer surface of the Walls;

Fig. 10 is a fragmented sectional view illustrating this binder strip inposition;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a modified form of box cover;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the transparent portion thereof;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a non-transparent end thereof;

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the stiffening strip;

Fig. 15 is a fragmental sectional view showing the stiffening strip andbinder;

Fig. 1 6 is a sectional view through the finished box on line i E-IE ofFig. 11.

In the use of transparent material for boxes di-fficulty is experiencedin the securing of the edges or corners of the boxes in a permanentrelation; and in order to provide a box which will overcome thediinculties which have in the past been experienced in the trade I haveprovided a cover of transparent material and have provided a bindingmeans for the edges or side and end walls of the cover that the same maybe effectively secured in place; and the following is a more detaileddescription of the present embodiment of this invention, illustratingthe preferred means by which these advantageous results may beaccomplished:

With reference to the drawings, I have shown three differentmodifications that shown in Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive comprising atransparent top wall 20 having downwardly folded side walls 2| and endwalls 22 formed by cutting out or notching the corners of a rectangularsheet of the transparent material so that the corners 2 3 at the ends ofthe side and end walls will be in close adjacency when these side andend walls are folded from the top wall 20. A stiffening strip of fiberboard designated generally 25 and formed by a narrow width of the samebeing folded to provide right angular corners 26, 2'1 and 28 with itsends together as at 29 is provided in a size and shape to fit the downturned side walls snugly along the inner surface thereof. Thisstiffening strip is secured in place by folding a piece of tinsel paper.30 as at 3i into U-shape to provide opposite portions 32 and 3.3 with agummed surface 34 which will cement to the downwardly extending walls2|, 22 and to the stiffener 25 and will serve to secure the stiffener inposition even though the gummed securing surface 33 does not on itsinner ply .33 contact the inner surface of the walls 2| or 22. The stifiband may or may not be cemented in place, depending upon the relativeweights of the material and strength of the stiffening structure.

In some cases instead of providing an edge as above described, a thickerstrip of paper 35 with a gummed surface 33 or some suitable cement maybe wound about the outer edge alone of the COVE! Commencing as at 31 atone corner and extending completely about the downwardly extending wallsto terminate at this location and by being of heavier material aloneforms the stiffening and binding edge for securing these downwardlyextending walls in position.

In a third modification, illustrated in Figs. 11 to 16, the top wall 40has downwardly extending side walls 4| and a separate end wall 42provided with flanges 43, 44 and 45, which extend along the outersurface of the top and side Walls. A stiffening member 46 extends aboutthe lower edge Of the walls 4| and end walls 42 being shaped similarlyto that shown in Fig. 6 and bent at the corners 41, 48 and 49 with itsends together as at 50. A binding strip 5| secures the stiffener inplace along both surfaces of the side walls, as illustrated in Fig. 15,leaving the end Wall 42 unbound, it being of non-transparent materialand heavier and does not require such securing of the stiffener materialin place. By this arrangement a very good stiffening edge is providedenabling the box cover to be readily manipulated without crushing and tobe positioned on a suitable box such as shown at 5| in Fig. 2.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by theterms of the appended claims.

I claim:

'1. A removable box cover having an open side comprising a rectangularflat sheet of transparent material folded so as to provide a top anddownwardly extending side walls only, two opaque end walls each havingflanges extending along said top and said side walls, a separate closedrectangular stiffening strip extending along the lower edge portion ofsaid side walls and along the lower portions of the end walls, and meansfor securing said parts in such relationship.

2. A removable box cover having an open side comprising a rectangularflat sheet of transparent material folded so as to provide a top anddownwardly extending side walls only, two opaque end Walls each havingflanges extending along said top and said side walls, a separate closedrectangular stifiening strip extending along the lower edge portion ofsaid side walls and along the lower portions of the end walls, and a U-shaped binding member enclosing said stifiening strip and lower edgeportion of said walls and cemented to said walls and strip to hold saidstrip thereto.

LEWIS DOUGLAS YOUNG.

